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Archie McDougall 5/7/1958-12/5/2021. RIP.
My brother, Bod, phoned to tell me Archie was dead. It was quick. I rolled out the platitudes. He was his pal, much more than mine. Archie only came...
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Sooz 9
The best place for a walk in Clydebank was down by the Clydeside. Eddie could get out from under his wife’s feet and take a dander down to Cable...
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Sooz 8
Eddie was half-pissed after four pints. He been drinking and not sleeping. Badger flung them back and went up to the bar for more as if he’d taken a...
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Chris Alexander 1958-2009 RIP.
Gordy reminded me of the time Chris Alexander got lifted. He’d been coming back from the Boilermakers on Dumbarton Road, Chris was always a smart...
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Sooz 7
Breaking into at trot at Partick Cross, a rumble of thunder and squall of rain followed Badger and Eddie as they crossed Dumbarton Road and pushed...
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I'm not sure you get many
Posted on Fri, 01 Dec 2023
I'm not sure you get many good ideas that mean lying in a coffin.
Read full commentPosted in I Can't Stand The Rain (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 44)
the light in spite of
Posted on Tue, 28 Nov 2023
the light in spite of everything is still alive in you and dusk.
Read full commentPosted in at dusk today
asymptomatic, Jean, you're
Posted on Thu, 30 Nov 2023
asymptomatic, Jean, you're almost normal. whatever that means. it sounds good.
Read full commentPosted in Friendly Fire
a murder of crows is such a
Posted on Sun, 26 Nov 2023
a murder of crows is such a wonderfully apt description. you take it and fly.
Read full commentPosted in A Murder of Crows (Transcendence)
Great read, but the ending
Posted on Tue, 21 Nov 2023
Great read, but the ending had me confused. With the reference to Marley and Mary, it had me wondering if the narrator was a dog. And I was missing something. (Not unsual in my case).
Read full commentPosted in Those We Leave Behind
the not so rich and the
Posted on Sat, 18 Nov 2023
the not so rich and the famous, including you too Turlough. No statues yet, but let that not be a regret. Feed the ducks and prosper. You're the right side of the turf.
Read full commentPosted in Patrick Kavanagh and Me
who knows? But we'll all find
Posted on Sat, 18 Nov 2023
who knows? But we'll all find out in the less than gentle night.
Read full commentPosted in Do Not Go Gentle Into That Dark Night
that seems true, to you and
Posted on Sat, 18 Nov 2023
that seems true, to you and me, and so many others that yearn to be free and write a great novel or two, or even one would do. Barely noticed, but sitting on a shelf, itself, something.
Read full commentPosted in To see the day of light
the side effects of the side
Posted on Sat, 18 Nov 2023
the side effects of the side affects are always the killer. Then I guess everything is. I feel I shouldn't say I enjoy reading your dispatches from the front line, but I do. Hallucinations are always interesting.
Read full commentPosted in Chemo2 - session 3
it rocks Jenny
Posted on Fri, 17 Nov 2023
it rocks Jenny
Read full commentPosted in Analogy Of Adventure
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